October 5 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago’s most crooked suburbs? You could probably name them — and you did For some reason, the same towns have been having the same problems for decades, despite federal investigations that try to throw the bums out. – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/10/5/20899467/chicagos-crooked-suburbs-list-mccook-summit-lyons-cicero

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump speech offers dizzying preview of his health care campaign strategy – SHEFALI LUTHRA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-tns-bc-trump-healthcare-20191004-story.html
— Aurora cultivation center at the heart of ongoing lawsuit wins state approval to grow recreational pot; Zion demands they cease – SARAH FREISHTAT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-lns-columbia-care-recreational-marijuana-license-st-20191004-au4ah6xxfrc6rjgi2xsgdaaneq-story.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinois now taking applications for cannabis dispensaries, but they’ll be few and far between – Debra Pressey
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/illinois-now-taking-applications-for-cannabis-dispensaries-but-they-ll/article_8f32697d-c7d9-5132-9ef6-9f285048f75c.html

SOUTH COOK NEWS
— WGN reporter says police ejected him from School District 227 public meeting – Glenn Minnis
https://southcooknews.com/stories/514090562-wgn-reporter-says-police-ejected-him-from-school-district-227-public-meeting
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Many local residents had requested that reporters be on hand for the meeting because of what some insist is a lack of trust in the school board. The Open Meetings Act requires members of the public and the press be allowed into meetings determining public business, and reporters were ultimately allowed back into the District 227 meeting.)

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Lord Casten’s Theatrical Town Halls – Invite Only
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/514171942-lord-casten-s-theatrical-town-halls-invite-only
— Ives’ Initial Quarterly Filing Proves She Can Raise the Money to Beat Casten
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/514135988-ives-initial-quarterly-filing-proves-she-can-raise-the-money-to-beat-casten
— Political consultant Rodney McCulloch among those on Illinois voter fraud roster (DIERSEN: My disgusting unethical critics/opponents have always falsely shouted at McCulloch that I have caused all of his problems.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/514045518-political-consultant-among-those-on-illinois-voter-fraud-roster

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Wealth and Envy: A Wealth Tax Will Make Paupers of Us All – Oliver Perry (DIERSEN: Who paints you as being undeservedly wealthy? Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always painted as being someone who has always been undeservedly wealthy. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I would be far less wealthy a) if I had not avoided the draft, b) if the Post Office had not hired me in 1966 when I was 18 years old and let me work there for almost 3 years, c) if IRS had not hired me in 1971 and let me work there for almost 9 years, d) if IRS had not promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) if I had not gotten married in 1978, f) if GAO had not hired me in 1980 and let me work there for almost 18 years, f) if my wife and I had not given up trying to have children, if we had adopted, or if we had become foster parents, and g) if GAO had not promoted me in 1986.) 
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/10/wealth-and-envy-a-wealth-tax-will-make-paupers-of-us-all/

BREITBART
— Soros’s ACLU Sues Trump to Get Taxpayer-Funded ‘Mental Health Services’ for Border Crossers – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/04/soross-aclu-sues-trump-to-get-taxpayer-funded-mental-health-services-for-border-crossers/

DAILY CALLER
— The Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Encouraging Illegal Immigration Is Protected Speech – KEVIN DALEY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/04/scotus-free-speech-immigration/

TOWNHALL
— Impeachment Isn’t About Democrats Hating Trump; It’s About Democrats Hating You – Jake Hoffman (DIERSEN: Who do the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county hate? I should write a book about Trump-haters in my neighborhood, in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County. I would focus on those who focus their hatred of Trump against me. It is called displaced aggression. They stress a) that I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, b) that I have sent GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails out since 2000, c) that those emails have gone out each and every morning since 2004, and d) that those emails have gone out each and every evening too since 2015.) 
https://townhall.com/columnists/jakehoffman/2019/10/05/impeachment-isnt-about-democrats-hating-trump-its-about-democrats-hating-you-n2554219

CBN NEWS
— A Mass Shooter Breeding Ground – Caitlin Burke
https://www1.cbn.com/dailyrundown/archive/2019/10/04/a-mass-shooter-breeding-ground

ONE NEWS NOW
— Whistleblower: Google still up to its election pranks – Steve Jordahl (DIERSEN: Google continues to refuse to treat www.gopillinois.com as being a news website.)
https://onenewsnow.com/science-tech/2019/10/04/whistleblower-google-still-up-to-its-election-pranks

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Iowa boy and family fear retribution for resisting LGBT propaganda at school – Martin M. Barillas
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/iowa-boy-and-family-fear-retribution-for-resisting-lgbt-propaganda-at-school

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The ‘Civil War,’ as Viewed From My Inbox – Myra Adams 
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/10/04/the_civil_war_as_viewed_from_my_inbox_141417.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Doctors Reveal Sanders Had Heart Attack Age and Fitness Are Bigger 2020 issues – Sydney Ember (DIERSEN: If you sought a government office or a political office, what would your critics/opponents, their operative, and their dupes paint as being negative about you? Mine would stress that I am White, male, old (71), Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, non-poor, gun owner, draft avoider, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, American nameplate vehicle owner, childless, pet-less, I am not a member of any church, I do not attend church services, I do not give money to a church, etc.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/us/politics/bernie-sanders-hospital.html
— China Masters Political Propaganda for the Instagram Age Leveraging celebrities, the know-how of tech companies and images built for social media, the Communist Party can effectively stir patriotism among the youth. – Li Yuan
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/05/technology/china-propaganda-patriotism.html
— Trump Will Deny Immigrant Visas to Those Who Can’t Pay for Health Care Visa applicants will have to prove they have insurance or the financial resources for medical costs. – Michael D. Shear and Miriam Jordan
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/us/immigrant-visas-health-care.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Reducing Trump supporters to ‘flyover country’ misrepresents them – Eugene Scott (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the more likely that you are a Trump supporter: Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/10/04/reducing-trump-supporters-flyover-country-misrepresents-them/

WEEK
— Why banning Trump from Twitter won’t solve anything – Neil J. Young (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who blacklist me and blacklist my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails because I refuse to carry out their blacklist orders.) 
https://theweek.com/articles/869460/why-banning-trump-from-twitter-wont-solve-anything

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Starbucks Cafes Targeted in Hong Kong Protests The Seattle coffee chain has become a flashpoint for antigovernment activists, who consider its local franchisee an apologist for Beijing – Lucy Craymer and Heather Haddon
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hong-kong-protesters-find-fresh-targets-what-i-taste-from-starbucks-is-shame-11570191883

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Who Supports Diversity Policies? It Depends on the Policy – Danny Lambouths III, William Scarborough, Allyson Holbrook (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.) 
https://hbr.org/2019/10/who-supports-diversity-policies-it-depends-on-the-policy

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— Illinois CPA Society seeks minority students for intern program – Sean McCabe (DIERSEN: In the past, to get promoted at IRS and GAO, you had to pass the CPA examination. Because of Affirmative Acton, and because few minorities and women took/passed the examination, IRS and GAO dropped that promotion requirement. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old and working for IRS.)
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/illinois-cpa-society-seeks-minority-students-for-2020-intern-program

September 5 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rep. David McSweeney not seeking reelection, exploring run for statewide office The Barrington Hills Republican said he plans to serve out his two-year term and is exploring the creation of a super PAC to support a statewide bid. – Tina Sfondeles 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/5/20851276/david-mcsweeney-not-seeking-reelection-exploring-illinois-statewide-office
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/5/20851448/illinois-cannabis-marijuana-pot-sales-dispenseries-suburbs-des-plaines-naperville-marlen-garcia
— Sean Casten at Trump impeachment town hall in Downers Grove: Wants ‘a shared set of facts’ If freshman Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill., had wanted to play it safe, he wouldn’t have devoted a town hall to Trump’s impeachment. – Lynn Sweet 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/9/5/20851916/sean-casten-trump-impeachment-inquiry-town-hall-wants-shared-set-facts

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— GOP state Rep. David McSweeney of Barrington Hills, a critic of party leadership, says he won’t seek reelection next year – DAN PETRELLA and RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-david-mcsweeney-not-running-20190905-qpcajocukfg7pc2jke62zades4-story.html
— Facing $838 million city budget shortfall, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot holds first town hall: ‘We actually value your opinion’ – GREGORY PRATT and JOHN BYRNE (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes value the opinions of those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-budget-town-hall-meeting-20190905-k4ebrpfo2jbajkmxfrapyekf3m-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— McSweeney sets sights on statewide office, won’t seek re-election – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190905/mcsweeney-sets-sights-on-statewide-office-wont-seek-re-election
— Medical pot dispensary faces backlash after handing out swag during Buffalo Grove Days – Steve Zalusky
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190905/medical-pot-dispensary-faces-backlash-after-handing-out-swag-during-buffalo-grove-days

CBS2
— City Has Paid More Than $524 Million Over Past Decade To Settle Lawsuits Against Police – Chelsea Irving
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/09/04/police-lawsuit-settlement-cost/

PEORIA REGISTER MAIL
— Peoria Councilman charged with domestic batter
https://www.galesburg.com/news/20190905/top-regional-news-peoria-councilman-charged-with-domestic-battery

ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Illinois Women in Cannabis to Host a Record-Breaking Nine Events throughout Illinois – Canna Kirsten 
https://www.stltoday.com/pr/business/illinois-women-in-cannabis-to-host-a-record-breaking-nine/article_371bf794-cf57-11e9-bf22-5cb9017b3638.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— U.S. Rep. Sean Casten discusses impeachment at Downers Grove town hall – Ella Lee
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/09/04/u-s-rep-sean-casten-discusses-impeachment-at-downers-grove-town-hall/ah2s8x2/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Can You Tell How Electable A Candidate Is? – Editorial (DIERSEN: Are you electable? Ever-increasingly, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party act like they are taking the advice of political consultants who say the more of the following that you are, the less electable that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/can-you-tell-how-electable-candidate#stream/0

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— David McSweeney Not Running for Re-Election
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/05/david-mcsweeney-not-running-for-re-election/ 
— IL-14: Oberweis Backed by Skillicorn, Lauf Calls Out Underwood’s “Game”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/05/il-14-oberweis-backed-by-skillicorn-lauf-calls-out-underwoods-game/

CAPITOL FAX
— Rep. Dave McSweeney won’t seek reelection
https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/05/this-just-in-rep-dave-mcsweeney-wont-seek-reelection/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Good grief: We don’t need a 7-hour, LGBT CNN town hall – Brad Polumbo
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/cnn-plans-to-follow-up-climate-change-town-hall-with-7-hour-lgbtq-town-hall-its-a-waste-of-time

FOX NEWS
— Democrats openly embracing gun confiscation – LAURA INGRAHAM
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/democrats-openly-embracing-gun-confiscation

BREITBART
— Koch Foods Sues ICE over ‘Illegal’ Raids: Illegal Aliens Not Knowingly Hired – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/05/koch-foods-sues-ice-raids-were-illegal/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Union Sues to Allow Government Employees to Promote #Resistance at Work – John York
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/09/05/union-sues-to-allow-government-employees-to-promote-resistance-at-work/

September 1 Evening Edition

ABC7
— 26 shot, 8 fatally, in Labor Day weekend violence
https://abc7chicago.com/26-shot-8-fatally-in-labor-day-weekend-violence/5506450/
— President Donald Trump says he’ll work with Congress to stop mass shootings – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-says-hell-work-with-congress-to-stop-mass-shootings/5506913/

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America-haters use Hurricane Dorian to fight against enforcing America’s immigration laws.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/FEMA-Funds-Sent-to-ICE-Ahead-of-Hurricane-Dorian-559075311.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Fact-check: Is Casten right that we have ‘less than a decade’ to avert climate disaster? Casten’s claim traces back to a 2018 report that said nations must take “unprecedented” actions to reduce emissions to put them on different trajectory by 2030 to avoid more severe impacts from warming. However, it did not identify the hard deadline Casten and others have suggested. – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/1/20841325/fact-check-sean-casten-climate-disaster-deadline-politifact

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Gun owners look beyond the NRA for representation – AP
https://www.nwitimes.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/gun-owners-look-beyond-the-nra-for-representation/article_1fe84a07-62a9-554b-9ea0-a4e596e68fd0.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Revved-up outreach: AFL-CIO union president vows to beat back Trump’s gains with workers – S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/1/richard-trumka-vows-reverse-trump-gains-union-memb/

TOWNHALL
— ‘Bastion of Hate’ Professors Demand KU Evict Chick-fil-A – Todd Starnes
https://townhall.com/columnists/toddstarnes/2019/09/01/bastion-of-hate-professors-demand-ku-evict-chickfila-n2552472

AMERICAN THINKER
— When Obama Tried to ‘Red Flag’ Vets and Seniors – Daniel John Sobieski
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/when_obama_tried_to_red_flag_vets_and_seniors.html
— A gay old time at the first straight pride parade – Taylor Day
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/a_gay_old_time_at_the_first_straight_pride_parade.html
— It’s time to repurpose ‘Labor Day’ as ‘Taxpayers’ Day’ – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/its_time_to_repurpose_labor_day_as_taxpayers_day.html
— The Lies of the 1619 Project – Marc A. Scaringi
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/08/the_lies_of_the_1619_project.html

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Trolls Debra Messing For Blacklisting Hollywood Conservatives. She Fires Back. “How times have changed!” – PAUL BOIS
https://www.dailywire.com/news/51277/trump-trolls-debra-messing-blacklisting-paul-bois

REUTERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Christian-haters paint Christians as being Nazis.
https://www.reuters.com/article/ww2-anniversary-poland-mayors/rise-of-populists-in-europe-resembles-eve-of-ww2-warns-london-mayor-idUSL5N25S0DF

NEW YORK TIMES
— In Poland, Where History Is a Weapon, Leaders Commemorate World War II – Marc Santora (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress to Polish-Americans that I am 100% German national origin. In my defense, a) all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, b) my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, c) my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and d) my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/01/world/europe/poland-world-war-2.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: NRA-haters say “Gun owners look beyond the NRA for representation.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/gun-owners-find-new-outlets-in-the-midst-of-a-weakened-nra/2019/09/01/576ddbd4-ccd7-11e9-a620-0a91656d7db6_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: For Those Who Don’t Identify as Male or Female, Growing Acceptance—and Accommodation – Janet Adamy
https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-those-who-dont-identify-as-male-or-female-growing-acceptanceand-accommodation-11567330201